COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CON 5013 HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HÜMEYRA BIROL AKKURT

Offered to

M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning
Urban Conservation Planning Scientific Preparatory (Msc Without Thesis)
Urban Conservation Planning Scientific Preparatory (Msc)

Course Objective

The most distinctive feature of the graduate program of Urban Conservation Planning is stated as to train up a specialist in the conservation of historical areas and to consider the urban and building scales together. In this framework, as being one of the Scientific Preparatory Courses of the program, History and Architecture does not intend to be a classical narrative introducing chronologically the outlines of major developments and characteristic periods in the history of architecture and mainly aims, through concentrating on a certain period or settlement especially in the Aegean region, to place the built environment in its historical context, with its social, economic and geographical background, building typologies, construction techniques and patterns of form.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To conceive the historical meaning of architecture and architectural heritage
2   To gain a theoretical basis of the concepts and the terminology of architectural history
3   To understand the major developments in the history of architecture
4   To evaluate the factors defining a characteristic period or an architectural style
5   To analyze and evaluate the historical built environment with its various aspects

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course contents and the program
2 History and historical consciousness
3 History and Architecture: The meaning of architecture and the architectural heritage
4 History and Architecture: The meaning of architecture and the architectural heritage
5 Basic concepts and the terminology of architectural history
6 Basic concepts and the terminology of architectural history
7 Factors defining a characteristic period or an architectural style
8 Factors defining a characteristic period or an architectural style
9 Fieldwork
10 Seminar
11 Seminar
12 Analysis of the historical built environment, problems of method and interpretation
13 Analysis of the historical built environment, problems of method and interpretation
14 Seminar, final presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Architecture of the Islamic World, ed. G. Michell. London, 1978.
Carr, E.H. Tarih Nedir, çev. M.G. Gürtürk. Istanbul, 1980.
Izgi, U. Mimarlıkta Süreç, Kavramlar ve Ilişkiler. Istanbul, 1999.
McNeill, W.H. Dünya Tarihi, çev. A. Şenel. Istanbul, 1985.
Kostof, S. A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals. Oxford, 1985.
Kuban, D. Mimarlık Kavramları: Tarihsel Perspektif Içinde Mimarlığın Kuramsal Sözlüğüne Giriş. Istanbul, 1990.
Kuban, D. Çağlar Boyunca Türkiye Sanatının Anahatları. Istanbul, 2004.
Sözen, M ve Tanyeli, U. Sanat Kavram ve Terimleri Sözlüğü. Istanbul, 1986.
Tekeli, I. Tarihyazımı Üzerine Düşünmek. Ankara, 1998.
Türkiye Tarihi, ed. S. Akşin, Cilt I-II, Istanbul, 1987-1988.
The World of Islam, ed. B. Lewis. London, 1980.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, fieldwork, seminar, research paper.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Seminar (50%) LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5
Research Paper (50%) LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sedat.emir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday, 15:00-17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 2 20
Case study (Seminar) 3 2 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 3 30
Field study 1 24 24
Preparing assignments 1 24 24
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 104

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51